# Vik Kashyap

> Vik Kashyap is the founder and CEO of Toi Labs, the San Francisco company behind TrueLoo, an AI-enabled toilet seat that quietly turns ordinary bathrooms in senior living communities into a source of passive wellness data. A Harvard graduate and former Battery Ventures associate, he previously built Canopy, a consumer healthcare SaaS company acquired by Aetna and later CVS. TrueLoo was named a 2024 TIME Best Invention and is deployed across dozens of senior communities. He holds about 10 patents and has been cited or quoted in The Wall Street Journal, CNN, The New York Times, and Science Translational Medicine.

- **Role:** Founder & CEO at Toi Labs
- **Organizations:** Toi Labs, Canopy, Battery Ventures
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** AB with honors, Harvard University, Coursework in electrical engineering, MIT, Coursework in electrical engineering, UC Berkeley
- **Known for:** Named to TIME's Best Inventions of 2024 for TrueLoo, Built Canopy and exited to Aetna (later CVS Health), scaling to 120+ employees, Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year finalist, Northern California

## Career timeline

- **1998** — Joined Battery Ventures as an associate supporting a ~$1B technology venture fund.
- **2004** — Founded Canopy, a consumer-directed healthcare SaaS company; created an early online health savings account.
- **2010** — Co-authored research published in Science Translational Medicine with UCSF scientists.
- **2014** — Advised a major Japanese software company and relocated to Tokyo for roughly a year.
- **2018** — Toi Labs raised seed funding to develop TrueLoo.
- **2024** — TrueLoo named a TIME Best Invention of 2024 and deployed in 50+ senior living communities.

## Achievements

- Named to TIME's Best Inventions of 2024 for TrueLoo
- Built Canopy and exited to Aetna (later CVS Health), scaling to 120+ employees
- Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year finalist, Northern California
- Holder of roughly 10 patents
- Co-author of research published in Science Translational Medicine (2010)
- Reported ~$110M raised across ventures and 150+ jobs created

## Latest updates

- **2024-10** — Toi Labs' TrueLoo recognized as a 2024 TIME Best Invention; deployed across 50+ senior living facilities.

## Links

- Website: https://www.vkashyap.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vikramkashyap
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/kashyapvik
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEw11jeimac

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Last updated: 2026-06-21